Patents by Inventor Aaron Robertson Harris

Aaron Robertson Harris has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Consensus building among networked devices for recreational vehicle safety systems
    Patent number: 11692375
    Abstract: A distributed safety lockout system for a vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle (RV), that includes a plurality of networked devices communicatively coupled via a communications network, and that is configured to implement a method for controlling an electromechanical operation of an electromechanical device based on a safety lockout condition determined through use of a consensus protocol in which a safety lockout status is agreed upon by the networked devices. The safety lockout status may be escalated by a safety lockout condition detection device that detects a safety lockout condition, such as movement of the RV. The safety lockout status may be de-escalated through a network contention mode of the consensus protocol in which each of the networked devices agree to de-escalate the safety lockout status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Lippert Components Inc.
    Inventors: John Peter Manfreda, Anthony J. DiPerna, Aaron Robertson Harris, Matthew Allen Collin
  • CONSENSUS BUILDING AMONG NETWORKED DEVICES FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200291693
    Abstract: A distributed safety lockout system for a vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle (RV), that includes a plurality of networked devices communicatively coupled via a communications network, and that is configured to implement a method for controlling an electromechanical operation of an electromechanical device based on a safety lockout condition determined through use of a consensus protocol in which a safety lockout status is agreed upon by the networked devices. The safety lockout status may be escalated by a safety lockout condition detection device that detects a safety lockout condition, such as movement of the RV. The safety lockout status may be de-escalated through a network contention mode of the consensus protocol in which each of the networked devices agree to de-escalate the safety lockout status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: John Peter Manfreda, Anthony J. DiPerna, Aaron Robertson Harris, Matthew Allen Collin
  • Vehicular fleet monitoring via public wireless communication access points using compressed diagnostic data sets and reduced latency transmissions
    Patent number: 7912641
    Abstract: A vehicular monitoring system is configured to acquire GPS position data and vehicular operating data, write the data to a file, and detect and utilize public wireless communication (e.g., 802.11x/WiFi) Internet access points to communicate the file containing the acquired GPS position data and vehicular operating data to a remote computer. Compressed diagnostic data sets and reduced latency wireless transmissions are utilized to facilitate communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: MTS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Edward Osentoski, Michael A Cummins, Vijay Padmanabhan, Michael Joseph Grattan, John Charles Zlater, Paul Anthony Krasicky, Aaron Robertson Harris